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- The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday quashed the 2015 summons order against late former prime minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation case, formally exonerating him after his death in December 2024.
- A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant reviewed both CBI closure reports, which had found no material against the former prime minister.
- The case related to the 2005 allocation of the Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries, when Singh also held the coal portfolio, and was one of the most politically significant criminal cases of the UPA era.
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor praised Singh following the verdict, calling him the cleanest man in Indian politics.
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- Whether the quashing affects the summons against the five other accused, including Kumar Mangalam Birla and P C Parakh.
- Any further legal or political responses following the posthumous clean chit.
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Named India · D Bhattacharya · Hindalco Industries · Kumar Mangalam Birla · P C Parakh · Shubhendu Amitabh · Bharat Parashar · Central Bureau of Investigation · Joymalya Bagchi · Manmohan Singh · Shashi Tharoor · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant
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